Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-04-02
GIimpses In Politics.

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chief of the commission Judge Coo
ley will take high rank. He is a
man Of experience and sound judg-
ment. The other gentlemen are lit
tie more than ordinary politicians.
New York Tribune: The arduous
labors of the President in seeking to
give effect to the interstate commerce
law by the appointment of five CON-
missioners have atlength been crown
ed with most gratifying success. The
competence and special fitness of the
gentlemen upon whom Mr.. Cleveland
has conferred these appointments
will be generally and Immediately re-
cognized.
Chicago Tribune: A Chicago pho
tographer has been much interested
in the subject Of composite photo
graphy, as illustrated in the March
Century. A few days ago he took
negative of a Chinese idol by way
of. experiment, and by successfully
superimposing thereupon the mega
tives of rhinoceros, a donkey, a
King Charles spaniel, a pelican, a
gorilla, a Flathead Indian, and
Dutch cheese, he has secured a pref
ty fair photograph Of a Mugwump.
Philadelphia Inquirer: If Vir-
ginia can amicably compromise with
her creditors there is no reason why
she should not do SO, but if her
creditors refuse to compromise and
insist that what is justly due them
shall be paid, Virginia should respect
her obligations and pay them. She
should do that, first, because it is
right, and second, because she can
afford to do it. Virginia is no long
er one of the poverty-stricken States
of the old south, she is one of the
richest of the new south.
New York Star: President Cleve-
land's choice of interstate commerce
commissioners will satisfy the coun-
try. The recognition to Mr.. Morri-
son will be extremely gratifying to
all true Democrats, and no Republi-
can can honestly question his pre-
eminent fitness for the duties that
will devolve upon him. In choosing
Judge Schoonmaker as the represen-
tative of his own State, the President
has made selection that New York
ers will recognize as eminently suit
able by reason of experience, sound
Judgment, and absolute indepen-
dence.
Philadelphia Record: 1t has been
intimated that Speaker Carlisle is too
poor to accept the position Of Secre
tary of the Treasury, as he could not
meet the cash requirements necessa-
ry to fulfil the social obligations ola
place in the Cabinet. This snobbish
suggestion certainly does not come
from Mr.. Carlisle Some of the best
brains IN the country could not be
made useful to the country if the
ability to squander money in profu-
sion were a necessary accompaniment
of exalted public station. Such talk
is the merest tattle.
New York Herald: The country
is to be congratulated that Secretary
Whitney has, by the business-like
use of the small appropriations Con-
gress did make, secured the estab-
lishment by private enterprise of
works which will furnish, not after
many years, but within less than
eighteen months, steel for both guns
and armor-steel of the best kind, in
sufficient quantities not only for
guns, but for armor superior to that
borne to-day by any European ar
mored ship ahoat or building, and
that at prices low enough to compare
with even poorer qualities of armor
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